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Hi there. I'm hoping to upgrade my CPU, Motherboard and Video card here soon. I've decided on getting an Intel i7 920. I don't know exactly which video card I'm going to get yet, but I'm sure it will be in the nVidia 200 category.

I currently have:

nVidia 7950 GX2 Video Card
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.67 6700 2.66Ghz CPU
Intel D975XBXLKR Socket 775 Motherboard
OCZ 700w GameXStream Power Supply
3 GB OCZ XTC 2048MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz RAM
Apevia X Pleasure case.
http://www.cybertronpc.com/Itemdes [...] c~CASE.htm
I don't know if this case will fit the motherboard, or if it covers pretty much any motherboard I might get.

I will probably mildly overclock the CPU. I have heard that I should be getting a x58 motherboard, but other than that, I need recommendations as to which brand and type and why.

I will probably be getting 12GB of DDR3 Ram with the purchase, and altogether I'm hoping to get motherboard, video card, CPU, aftermarket fan, and RAM for $1000 ish.

If you need more info, please let me know.

I appreciate any help and advice. Thank you.

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No need for 12GB
6GB will do fine

i7 920
Asus P6T
HSF: Dark Knight, Mugen2, or Thermaltake, etc
GTX295

------------------------------ i7 920, E5300
GTX260, HD4870, HD4830
Reply to Bluescreendeath

What is good about the Asus P6T that would make it better than any of the other boards?

Any specific models on the HSF?

GTX 295 is a bit higher than I want to go at this time, but I'll probably pick up an economical 200 series.

Reply to mastervodo

Newegg has a bundle with i7 920 and biostar t58xa board for $484.99, plus you get a $20 rebate. This biostar board will work with either sli or crossfire configurations.

Reply to o1die

Another +1 for the P6T or a Gigabyte board.

------------------------------ Antec 900, MSI P7N Diamond, E8400,
4 GB (2 x 2GB) Crucial Ballistix 4-4-4-12, 8800 GTS 512 SLI
Reply to huron

well what ive seen so far from all the I7 boards.. is alot of people get DOA's and northbridge n bios problems... this problem occurs on all of the boards for reasons im unsure of..

the asus rampage gene II (it has a built in HD sound card.. but its onboard, not a risercard so its not as good, but its better than the other i7 boards sound cards) and it has problems with keeping the northbridge cool.. it tends run quite hot.. and we all know what happens when you got heat problems with anything graphics related lol.

asus P6T deluxe V2 can handle higher memory OCs.. and the north bridge is actually quite cool.. so it can handle the OC of the graphics cards.. it has a lot of gadgets for OC'ing which are pretty neat to play with..

i cant say much about the other boards out there for i havent read enough yet.. but please inform me of your decision.. for im trying to find one too

Reply to tcmike

if money doest matter 2 u..try evga classified

Reply to Botak136

the evga classified is a bit more than I wanted to spend.

Reply to mastervodo

I'm liking the turbov on some of the p6t motherboards. Since I want to overclock the 920, this seems like a feature I should go for.

Also, the SLi on the nvidia is a good thing.

Reply to mastervodo

try the gigabyte ud4p, its pretty decent on the reviews, and does both SLi and Xfire...

for the GPU: try the gtx 275
what is the resolution on the screen? (if its under 1920x1200/1080, ull only need a gtx 260, id say)

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Reply to micky_lund

yeah P6T has alot of fun OC things.. i like the OC palm.. but you pay for it.. and quite alot might i add lol..

ive been looking, but i dunno if this is a coincedince.. but most charts i read for I7 are taken using the P6T.. so it must be good no?

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Reply to tcmike

micky_lund wrote :

I have 2 Dell 24' Monitors at 1900x1200

Reply to mastervodo

tcmike wrote :

Good point.

Reply to mastervodo

OK: I think with all the help I've gotten over the last few days, I have what I'm getting. If there are any extra suggestions (fans, lighting, that kind of thing) just throw your 2 cents in.

So, I'm about to order my new computer to be put together. Here's the specs:

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119160

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131365

Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115202

EVGA 896-P3-1262-AR GeForce GTX 260 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130372

I ordered 2 of those to SLI 2-way.

COOLER MASTER RS-700-AMBA-D3 700W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817171037

OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227365

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136284

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders w/ Tech Guarantee
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116677

I get to upgrade to Windows 7 when it comes out.

SONY Black/Gray 2X BD-ROM 8X DVD-ROM 24X CD-ROM SATA Internal 2X Blu-ray DVD ROM Model BDUX10S
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] %20bdux10s

Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme-1366 RT CPU Heatsink (Socket LGA 1366)
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/ [...] _1366.html

With Arctic Silver 5.

Thermal-Star LCD Media Panel 7-1 Card Reader/Fan Controller
http://www.frozencpu.com/images/pr [...] us-175.jpg

So - that's the system.
Any comments, recommendations or questions?